Ex Parte Anonymous

The minor appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals from the denial by the juvenile court of a waiver of consent for an abortion. The unmarried and unemancipated minor filed her petition pursuant to § 26-21-4, Code of Alabama 1975, for a waiver of parental consent for an abortion. Section 26-21-4(a) provides in part:

"(a) A minor who elects not to seek or does not or cannot for any reason, obtain consent from either of her parents or legal guardian, may petition, on her own behalf, the juvenile court, or the court of equal standing, in the county in which the minor resides or in the county in…